Cruel to be kind

Artist: Nick Lowe (English)
User: Roger Huxley
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
Chord names: Not defined
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Written by Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm - during the Brinsley Schwarz era

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Roger Huxley,
June 27, 2019, 11:12 AM
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Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe / Ian Gomm - originally Brinsley Schwarz
Intro:  (each chord 1 bar)
 E  G#m   A   B     E  G#m  A   B   B

Verse 1:
    E                         G#m
Oh, I can't stand another        heart-ache. Though you
 A                    B                     E
say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end.   You say your love is
 G#m                      A  G#m  F#m                           A
bona fide, but that don't co-in-cide   With the things that you do,
           G#m            A           B
    when I ask you, to be nice - you say

Chorus:
             A            B    G#m               C#m
You gotta be cruel to be kind -     in the right measure
 A            B           G#m       C#m
Cruel to be kind - it's a very good sign
 A          B       G#m           C#m        F#m
cruel to be kind -   means that I love you - Baby!
 B7           B           E
You gotta be cruel to be kind

Verse 2:
       E                     G#m
Well I did my best, to under-stand you
        A                B
But you still mistify,      I wanna know why
 E                 G#m                         A        G#m       F#m
 I pick myself up off the ground, to have you knock me back down
          F#m           G#m           A           B
again and again, when I ask you to explain - you say

Repeat Chorus

Bridge - 
 E / / / / C#7 / / / /
Instrumental -  
 A / /   B  / / : G#m / /  C#m / /

Repeat verse 2

Repeat Chorus



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